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Soldiers by Moonlight

2000 · 1 season

A quiet, contemplative drama that unfolds slowly, letting the weight of fate and illness settle over you.

Created by
Tomas Alfredson, Klas Östergren
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gösta Ekman, Göran Ragnerstam, Gunilla Abrahamsson
Overview
The master builder Roffe (Göran Ragnerstam) and the sick Gunnar (Gösta Ekman) could have lived their lives without hearing about each other, but fate wanted something else.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Tomas Alfredson, Klas Östergren
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gösta Ekman, Göran Ragnerstam, Gunilla Abrahamsson
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Created by
Tomas Alfredson, Klas Östergren
Written by
Klas Östergren
Starring
Gösta Ekman, Göran Ragnerstam, Gunilla Abrahamsson, Lena Nylén, Annika Olsson, Annika Hallin, Lars Passgård, Johan H:son Kjellgren
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 58 min each
Network
SVT1
Country
Finland, Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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